Psalms 78:24 · KJV
“And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.”
— Psalms 78:24
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. {Man...: or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty}
Psalms 78 — Context
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
23Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
25Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. {Man...: or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty}
26He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. {to blow: Heb. to go}
Cross References
Exodus 16:4
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. {a certain...: Heb. the portion of a day in his day}
Psalms 105:40
{The people} asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
Deuteronomy 8:3
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every {word} that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
John 6:31-71
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
Exodus 16:14
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness {there lay} a small round thing, {as} small as the hoar frost on the ground.
Nehemiah 9:15
And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. {which...: Heb. which thou hadst lift up thine hand to give them}
Nehemiah 9:20
Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Psalms 68:9
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. {send: Heb. shake out} {confirm: Heb. confirm it}